How to Diet Without Hating Life

The quickest way to sabotage a new diet? Cut back so much you wind up feeling totally deprived. Instead of going all crazy, try these easy tips from Wendy Larkin, master trainer at Crunch Fitness in San Francisco—they'll help you cut back in sneaky little ways, so you drop lbs without feeling deprived.

Research a restaurant's menu online before you go out. If you already have a healthyish choice picked out when you walk in, you won't even have to look at the menu again—making you waaay less likely to cave and order that awesome looking burger and fries on impulse.